Confirmed with Link: Riley Stillman signs extension (3 yrs 1.35M AAV)

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Bye Zadorov.

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[ClydeLee]

Good deal for Seattle

 

[NK94]

Solid signing.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Good deal for Seattle

Haha possibly.

 

[RememberTheRoar]

Interesting move.

 

[Brightwing]

Good deal for Seattle

I'm more inclined to agree with @Kaners Bald Spot that this means the Hawks are moving on from Zadorov who has a $3.2M qualifying offer. With all the young dmen in the pipeline especially Vlasic and Phillips showing potential, it makes a lot more sense to have a guy at Stillman's cap hit playing third pair than Zadorov's. Zadorov may yet be a good complimentary piece for another team and I don't think the Hawks will have a hard time getting assets back for him if they don't dangle him to Seattle to protect their young forwards.

 

[RayP]

Uhhhh, ok then. Cheap enough to not be mad, but he sucks.


Gotta assume Z is gone now.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Don’t hate it but makes you think what’s the offseason plan with big z and obviously Calvin

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

I'm more inclined to agree with @Kaners Bald Spot that this means the Hawks are moving on from Zadorov who has a $3.2M qualifying offer. With all the young dmen in the pipeline especially Vlasic and Phillips showing potential, it makes a lot more sense to have a guy at Stillman's cap hit playing third pair than Zadorov's. Zadorov may yet be a good complimentary piece for another team and I don't think the Hawks will have a hard time getting assets back for him if they don't dangle him to Seattle to protect their young forwards.

The Hawks are in a bit of a quandary with Zadorov.

They either lose him for nothing or risk having to overpay to keep him because his replacement has been taken by Seattle.

Or, Bowman has a backup plan if Stillman gets taken in the ED.

 

[Muffinalt]

Wow that was fast.

I like it, he didn't really show worse than Zadorov or de Haan. Brings the same kind of elements but much cheaper, a direct replacement. If he ever figures out some more offense it's a big steal.

Nice job by Stan, we have our tough guy without paying much for it.

 

[Brightwing]

The Hawks are in a bit of a quandry with Zadorov.

They either lose him for nothing or risk having to overpay to keep him because his replacement has been taken by Seattle.

Or, Bowman has a backup plan if Stillman gets taken in the ED.

Hawks are not in the business of overpaying guys right now. It's one thing when you're trying to keep a championship group together but they're in rebuild mode. Are fans going to cry about the Panarin trade tree? Sure, but they're not particularly attached to Zadorov. But I don't think Stan is the type of GM who over commits to guys because of what he paid for them in a trade.

 

[TheDoorDoctor]

Z is frustrating because for half the year he played like a solid middle-pairing player. Then he struggled in the last ten games. I hope they resign him for a 1-2 two year contract for cheap cause I agree with most and dont want to commit to the potential bad version of Z.

Stillman is an ok 6-7 D imo but if they are resigning him to take Z’s spot as a 3-4-5 D we are in trouble next year..

 

[Brightwing]

Z is frustrating because for half the year he played like a solid middle-pairing player. Then he struggled in the last ten games. I hope they resign him for a 1-2 two year contract for cheap cause I agree with most and dont want to commit to the potential bad version of Z.

Stillman is an ok 6-7 D imo but if they are resigning him to take Z’s spot as a 3-4-5 D we are in trouble next year..

But that's the thing with qualifying offers, you can't re-sign them cheap because if you don't extend a QO, they walk to free agency. There are cases where a team doesn't qualify a player and they sign with them regardless, Subban is a recent example, but I don't think that would be the case for Zadorov given the tendency in this league to overpay dmen.

 

[Idionym]

Good AAV for a solid bottom pairing guy.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Overpayment for a guy who has done very little to justify security of NHL job

 

[Idionym]

Overpayment for a guy who has done very little to justify security of NHL job

It's 1.35m for a 6-7 literally how is that an overpay.

 

[Mrfenn92]

It's 1.35m for a 6-7 literally how is that an overpay.

Stanley

 

[RememberTheRoar]

Overpayment for a guy who has done very little to justify security of NHL job

 

[HLLYWD99]

Well someone has to play defence.

 

[bwana63]

I'm more inclined to agree with @Kaners Bald Spot that this means the Hawks are moving on from Zadorov who has a $3.2M qualifying offer. With all the young dmen in the pipeline especially Vlasic and Phillips showing potential, it makes a lot more sense to have a guy at Stillman's cap hit playing third pair than Zadorov's. Zadorov may yet be a good complimentary piece for another team and I don't think the Hawks will have a hard time getting assets back for him if they don't dangle him to Seattle to protect their young forwards.

Spot on. I had higher hopes for Big Z (legit 2nd pairing), but the sample size is large enough to conclude he won't be worth his next contract.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

It's 1.35m for a 6-7 literally how is that an overpay.

He is not worth 1.35M nor should he be handed a roster spot

He should have to earn it (Unless of course he is Seattle bound)

 

[Pez68]

Overpayment for a guy who has done very little to justify security of NHL job

Agreed. A contract that will haunt the Hawks for years. Absolutely crippling.

 

[Northernhawk]

Imagine in two yrs and Stillman has grown into a great Hjalmarsson Murphy type dman and he's only costing $1.3 million! Wow!

 

[Mrfenn92]

Agreed. A contract that will haunt the Hawks for years. Absolutely crippling.

Seabrook level

 

[Jay haller]

Get lost Zadorov